Out of the 300,000 undocumented Californians estimated to be eligible the DACA program, approximately 150,000 have applied and been granted Deferred Action.
They also say that because Congress does not appropriate nearly enough money to deport all of the 11 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the United States, the president is obligated to choose whom he deports, so he cannot reasonably be accused of usurping lawmakers' authority or failing to execute the law.
The programs do not apply to the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the United States illegally.
Of the 11 million undocumented immigrants estimated to live in the U.S., nearly 2 million are young people who could qualify for DACA.
Researchers from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, have argued that the 11 million undocumented people estimated to be living in America create a fiscal deficit for the government.
Cruz told Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday that yes, should he be elected president, his administration would deport all 12 million undocumented people estimated to be in the U.S. and wouldn't allow them to return.
The legislation faces stiff opposition in the House of Representatives, however, where Republicans oppose a so-called "pathway to citizenship" for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S.
In 2009, 958.000 immigrants (both documented and undocumented) were estimated to be living in Greece comprising 9% of the population [ 3].
According to some estimates, undocumented immigrants contribute some $800bn a year to the economy in production to their employers and goods and services they consume.
And so he waits, like the 1,500 undocumented immigrants he estimates live in his town of 19,000, to see how the economic crisis will shape the next stage of the debate.
